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Province’s first eLibrary with FM100 PNGCommunicationsPapua New GuineaLeadership FundRead More >August 31, 2023Mentor matching submissions open until 31 August 2023 for WDLP alumni and participantsCommunicationsTuvaluProgram updatesRead More >August 1, 2023Event Invitation | 22 August 2023: Women in Environmental Leadership (Online Panel Discussion)Environment & SustainabilityTuvaluLearning & Networking EventsRead More >August 1, 2023Janice and Kristalee appointed Solomon Islands WLI Alumni RepresentativesCommunicationsSolomon IslandsProgram updatesRead More >July 26, 2023Women-run Fijian businesses invest profits in community after upskilling through farming projectAgricultureRead More >July 20, 2023Proposal writing project helps health managers fund tuberculosis ward development in rural PNGHealthPapua New GuineaLeadership FundRead More >July 20, 2023Dorothy Jolly shares Leadership Fund document recovery project with ABC Pacific Law & JusticePapua New GuineaRead More >July 5, 2023Florence Siba turns internship program idea into action for PNG womenEducationPapua New GuineaRead More >June 15, 2023Hon Julie Bishop and Hon Kessy Sawang join WLI alumnae for leadership luncheon in PNGGender & Family WelfarePapua New GuineaRead More >June 1, 2023Entrepreneurship advocate Diana Wally Guria interns with Reserve Bank of FijiBanking, Insurance & FinanceFijiRead More >May 31, 2023Naomi Semi attends UNESCO program on gender equitable water access Environment & SustainabilityPapua New GuineaRead More >May 8, 2023Cecilia Watmelik uses technology to improve PNG education and urges women to enter the fieldSTEMPapua New GuineaRead More >April 20, 2023Melissa Velvel Fare’s journey into sport for positive change in Vanuatu Community DevelopmentVanuatuRead More >April 12, 2023Dr Irene Semos undergoes coaching to influence higher education in PNG EducationPapua New GuineaRead More >March 15, 2023Alumni Representatives host first WLI networking event in Suva & plan year aheadCommunity DevelopmentFijiProgram updatesRead More >February 28, 2023WDLP participants complete first leadership intensiveInternational DevelopmentProgram updatesRead More >February 26, 2023Laisani Macedru launches mentoring program for Fijian women lawyersYouth Development & DisabilityFijiRead More >February 1, 2023WLI alumni the focus of research on support for women's leadership during COVID-19 in the Pacific HealthSamoaProgram updatesRead More >February 1, 2023Malieta Inoke launches Tonga’s first eCommerce platformBanking, Insurance & FinanceTongaRead More >January 31, 20232023 Women’s Developmental Leadership Program participants announcedInternational DevelopmentRead More >January 17, 2023LeadershipConnect helps Apolosi Vosanibola ‘become a better leader’Trade & Economic DevelopmentLeadershipConnectRead More >December 27, 2022Maria-Goreti Muavesi negotiates high-seas biodiversity treaty at United Nations HQEnvironment & SustainabilityFijiRead More >November 16, 2022WLI appoints eight Alumni Representatives in PNG, Fiji and Samoa Community DevelopmentFijiRead More >November 15, 2022Scholar Pope’s advocacy kickstarts medical imaging reform in PNG HealthPapua New GuineaRead More >October 18, 2022Local research, resources needed to address online violence against women in the PacificGender & Family WelfareLearning & Networking EventsRead More >October 1, 202227 September: Online Violence Against Women in the Pacific Panel DiscussionGender & Family WelfareRead More >September 13, 2022Paliame Palisah surveys ecological sites with leading global firm Environment & SustainabilityPapua New GuineaRead More >September 13, 2022Celebrating an end to the ‘life changing’ first phase of WLIInternational DevelopmentProgram updatesRead More >July 1, 2022Melissa mentors ‘rising star’ Lute to take on the transport engineering sector STEMSamoaProgram updatesRead More >June 14, 2022Jocelyn Loughman interns with global leaders in international development International DevelopmentVanuatuInternshipsRead More >February 25, 2022Leigh mentors Paliame to develop ornamental horticulture in PNGEnvironment & SustainabilityPapua New GuineaProgram updatesRead More >December 14, 2021Consulting internship benefits will last Hehea a ‘lifetime’STEMTongaInternshipsRead More >November 12, 2021Jane Martin mentors Longovuka Misi to drive dietary change in Tonga HealthTongaProgram updatesRead More >November 1, 2021Internship helps Theresa Witi improve public procurement in PNGBanking, Insurance & FinancePapua New GuineaInternshipsRead More >October 26, 2021Samoan MP Alofa Tu’uau calls on Pacific men to support women in politicsGovernance & PoliticsRead More >October 21, 2021COVID Leadership: Improving handwashing capacity in PNG schools HealthPapua New GuineaLeadership FundRead More >October 12, 2021WLI alumna Vasiti Soko wins UN Award for Disaster Risk ReductionSTEMFijiProgram updatesRead More >October 1, 2021WLI alumni support Solomon Islands Australia Awards scholars returning homeCommunity DevelopmentSolomon IslandsProgram updatesRead More >October 1, 2021WLI prepares Nanise Kabakoro & Karee Ioane to drive change in Pacific maritime sectorSTEMKiribatiProgram updatesRead More >September 29, 2021Mentorship helps Dorothy Jolly increase community access to education in PNGEducationPapua New GuineaProgram updatesRead More >September 1, 2021Library project helps Samantha Kusari promote literacy in remote PNGEducationPapua New GuineaProgram updatesRead More >May 9, 2021COVID Leadership: training to improve health infrastructure in PNGHealthPapua New GuineaRead More >December 27, 2020Helping Harriet ‘close the gap’ in Vanuatu patient care HealthVanuatuProgram updatesRead More >May 1, 2020How Renata is building a network of women lawyers in PNG Law & JusticePapua New GuineaProgram updatesRead More >April 26, 2020Building a healthier, more active Kiribati: Marebu FloodHealthKiribatiProgram updatesRead More >October 29, 2019Leadership and preventing disease in Tonga: Malia’s storyHealthTongaProgram updatesRead More >September 28, 2019How International Women’s Day gave Ese a ‘renewed outlook on life’Gender & Family WelfareTuvaluProgram updatesRead More >August 27, 2019Janice builds Solomon Islands women’s financial independenceTrade & Economic DevelopmentSolomon IslandsProgram updatesRead More >July 26, 2019